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Austria lias 3*5 guns per 1000 Infantry. 
France „ 5 „ „ „ 
Germany,, 5*7 „ ,, 
Eussia ,, 3*7 1 2 ,, ,, ,, 
Italy ,, 3*8 ,, ,, ,, 
England 3'8 3 ,, ,, ,, 
Owing to tire changes about to take place in our army in India, it Artillery or- 
would at present be useless to attempt to discuss any question of forindTa" 
artillery organisation specially applicable to that country, where the 
conditions vary in many points from those at home, and the ground 
available for manoeuvre is practically unlimited. 
To sum up, then, the following appear to be among the most promi- chief points 
nent subjects for consideration with regard to our present organisation:— ^tion^vith" 
(1.) The possibility of the annual assembly at our. manoeuvre 0 ur g piesent 
ground of 5 completely trained Brigade Divisions, each OT ff 0 n n isa ' 
under its own Lieut.-Colonel, representing the equivalent 
of the artillery of a British Army Corps. 
(2.) The establishment of a system which affords to our Lfeut.- 
Colonels opportunities of (a) training their commands as 
a separate unit; ( b ) exercising them as part of a mass in 
combination with other Brigade Divisions; (c) manoeuvr¬ 
ing them with other arms. 
(3.) The question of the abolition of the Corps Artillery from a 
British point of view. 
(4.) The question of the sufficiency or otherwise of the amount of 
ammunition at present carried with the batteries, compared 
with that carried by foreign nations. 
(5.) The position of the artillery ammunition wagons in column 
of route on the line of inarch with other troops. 
Training. 
There seems to be a consensus of opinion on the part of modern Training, 
artillerists, that in the next great war conflicts between large masses of 
guns will be one of the chief features of the battle-field. Taking into 
consideration the high standard which has been reached by Continental 
nations in the technical training of their batteries, we may infer that 
little advantage is to be gained in this direction when first-class mili- importance 
tary Powers are concerned, and that, therefore, victory will declare ou^artXfy 
itself in favour of that side which, by careful training and organisation 
in time of peace, has best prepared its artillery for combined action 
under the direction of a single leader. 
What, therefore, is desired is a simple and practical procedure, by 
means of which one man can control, in the most effective manner, a large 
number of guns, whether in action or limbered up. 
1 Including 2 batteries Royal Horse Artillery with the Cavalry Division. Each Russian Corps 
having a Cavalry Division of its own. 
2 E we include the 2 Royal Horse Artillery batteries with the Cavalry Division of the 1st Army 
Corps, the total number of guns available for a general engagement will be 98, and the proportion 
of guns per 1000 infantry 4’3. With reference to this point, the following appears in Captain 
Macbean’s translation before referred to. “ The Horse Artillery batteries allotted to cavalry units 
will, in a general engagement, be employed with other arms, and should only be given back to the 
cavalry to carry out some special duty.” 
